The Kent Roosevelt High School boys lacrosse team will honor Adam S. Hamilton, a fallen United States soldier and former Rough Riders lacrosse player, Friday by presenting his jerseys to family members prior to a home game with Kenston at 7 p.m.

Hamilton graduated from Kent Roosevelt in 2007 and was a U.S. Lacrosse High School All-American as a senior. He was a U.S. Army Spc. when he was killed on May 28 last year in Haji Ruf, Afghanistan, at age 22 after his unit was attacked with an improvised explosive device (IED) while on a night mission.

The Federal League will start its football games at 7 p.m. this upcoming season, a half hour earlier than the 7:30 p.m. kickoffs, Lake Athletic Director Bruce Brown confirmed.

“Some of the area leagues and schools have been starting to move in that direction,” Brown said. “Over the years there have been concerns over students traveling late at night. A lot of students travel to the games in our league. It seems like games, for whatever reason, seem to go longer. That is not a negative. I don’t have an answer for that, but we have a lot of kids traveling after games that end around 9:30 or 10 and then the kids are not getting home until 11 or 11:30. Starting a half hour earlier will get that home earlier.”

Cincinnati McNicholas High School junior quarterback Austin Ernst will reportedly visit Akron's Junior Day on March 31, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Ernst threw for 892 yards and five touchdowns in games last season for the Rockets, a member of the GCL-Central conference. He rushed for 152 yards and three touchdowns. He plans to attend the Elite 11 regional champ at Ohio Dominican in early May.

Walsh Jesuit senior Mackenzie Dreher has committed to continue her academic and softball careers with Le Moyne College in Syracuse, N.Y.

Dreher helped the Warriors win a district title last year and is a member of the National Honor Society at Walsh. She maintains a 3.87 grade point average and intends to major in Pre-Medicine at Le Moyne.

Four Jackson High School seniors have signed to continue their academic and soccer careers. Kalynn Flanagan has signed with Ball State University. Dana Ward, Lindsey Smith and Taylor Stano have all signed with Walsh University.

Eighteen area wrestlers will wrestle for state titles on Saturday at the Ohio State Wrestling Tournament in Columbus. In two cases, area wrestlers will face each other for the title. In Division III, Aaron Yonker of Garrettsville Garfield will face Zebulun Beam of Waynedale for the 160 title. In Division I, Mike Labry of Twinsburg will face Mitch Newhouse of Perry for the 138 title.

The following area wrestlers won their quarterfinal (second-round) matches at the 75th Ohio State Wrestling Championships today. These 34 wrestlers will compete in tonight's semifinal round and are two wins away from winning a state championship:

The following area Division III wrestlers won their first-round matches at the 75th Ohio State Wrestling Championships today. After the first preliminary round, Waynedale leads the Division III team race with 15 points, followed by Delta (14.5) and Troy Christian (12.5).